Photo courtesy of Stanford Visual Arts

Joan Winters (pictured left) and Louise Addis in the SLAC Archives and History Office reviewing electronic documents relating to the SLAC Web site.

Retired associate librarian Louise Addis and retired systems administrator Joan Winters are the recipients of the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) 2002 J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award.

The award was given on August 22, 2002, during SAA’s 66th annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. The Society of American Archivists is North America’s oldest and largest national archival professional association.

The award, established in 1990 and named in honor of an historian and advocate for the archival profession, recognizes individuals who promote greater public awareness of archival activities and programs.

The award celebrated Addis and Winters not only for their involvement in the working group that created the first Web server in the United States, but also for the steps they took to ensure that records of that project survived.

"Ms. Winters’ diligent safeguarding of superceded Web pages and system documentation along with Ms. Addis’ scrupulous maintenance of electronic meeting minutes and her firmly articulated record-keeping guidelines for the working group created one of the most significant windows into the history of the Web in the United States," The Academy commented.

"The Society of American Archivists lauds Ms. Winters and Ms. Addis for their farsighted efforts and sustained commitment to promoting archival activities when they confronted the issues associated with the rapid evolution of information technology."

For more information on the Society of American Archivists, see: http://www.archivists.org